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... Stories of Whitminster , " The Heroes of Young America , " etc. , etc. " We must be gentle , now we are gentlemen . " GOF Shakespeare . REGA BIBLIOTHE MAY 1879 BODLEIANA • GRIFFITH AND FARRAN , SUCCESSORS TO NEWBERY AND HARRIS , CORNER ...
... Stories of Whitminster , " The Heroes of Young America , " etc. , etc. " We must be gentle , now we are gentlemen . " GOF Shakespeare . REGA BIBLIOTHE MAY 1879 BODLEIANA • GRIFFITH AND FARRAN , SUCCESSORS TO NEWBERY AND HARRIS , CORNER ...
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... story of a good old - fashioned kind , yet adapted to certain conditions of the present day ; and though I trust that my cha- racters will prove more amusing than Master Tommy Merton or Master Henry Milner , I know of some young masters ...
... story of a good old - fashioned kind , yet adapted to certain conditions of the present day ; and though I trust that my cha- racters will prove more amusing than Master Tommy Merton or Master Henry Milner , I know of some young masters ...
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... story , since it illustrates not only the young gentleman's character but other matters pertaining to our narrative . The Judge was away holding a court at the other end of the county ; and Mrs. Shaw and her youngest son sat alone ...
... story , since it illustrates not only the young gentleman's character but other matters pertaining to our narrative . The Judge was away holding a court at the other end of the county ; and Mrs. Shaw and her youngest son sat alone ...
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... story from his- tory or fiction , which must be put into our own words . I have chosen the story of Robert of Sicily ; it is an old romance . Would you like to see what I have made of it ? " " See ! My eyes are not so good as they used ...
... story from his- tory or fiction , which must be put into our own words . I have chosen the story of Robert of Sicily ; it is an old romance . Would you like to see what I have made of it ? " " See ! My eyes are not so good as they used ...
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... story is well told , for a boy of your age . I could point out one or two faults , I dare say you are a little too fond of such jingles as the two p's in ' proud ' and ' powerful , ' for instance ; but that's a fault of the writers of ...
... story is well told , for a boy of your age . I could point out one or two faults , I dare say you are a little too fond of such jingles as the two p's in ' proud ' and ' powerful , ' for instance ; but that's a fault of the writers of ...
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